This week’s Quick List is in celebration of Administrative Professionals Week but is important year round. Through appreciation, leaders can make a day, even change a life. And in doing one or both of those, one could expect a boost in morale, productivity, engagement, retention and overall performance. Yet over and over and over – I hear from workers from a wide assortment of industries, professions and positions that they don’t feel appreciated. They don’t feel recognized for their contributions and achievements. Are their leaders greedy, unappreciative mongors? Or are they under-appreciated and overwhelmed themselves? Or do they think they are showing appreciation but doing it poorly? Or are these workers so hardened that the appreciation they are given sits on the surface instead of sinking in. Here are 10 tips for showing appreciation in meaningful ways – in ways that have more of a chance of sinking in.